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Iraqis and Jordanians break bread together during Ramadan
4 Oct 2007 UNHCR has been distributing evening meals during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan to 800 Iraqi refugees and needy Jordanians in the capital Amman and the city of Zarqa. -
First group of 35 Palestinians leave Jordan for new life in Brazil
20 Sep 2007 Thirty-five elated Palestinians boarded a plane at Amman's international airport on Thursday and flew off to a new life in Brazil after years of hardship in an isolated desert camp in Jordan. -
Hope for Iraqis as their children register for Jordan's public schools
21 Aug 2007 Nine-year-old Hassan will soon be going back to school for the first time since arriving in Jordan three years ago. On Tuesday, the nine-year-old held his mother's hand and waited anxiously in line to register his name for entry to a public school. Tens of thousands of other Iraqis are expected to follow suit. -
UNHCR hails decision to let Iraqi children attend school in Jordan
20 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency has welcomed and praised the Jordanian government's decision to allow tens of thousands of Iraqi children to enrol in local schools. Some 50,000 children are expected to register for schools by September 15. -
Q&A: Iraqi victim of domestic abuse seeks a new life in Sweden
6 Jul 2007 Mrs Hussein has been living in Jordan for the past seven years after fleeing Baghdad with her family. She has since suffered a lot and divorced her husband after he started abusing her. The mother of six recently told her story to UNHCR Senior Global Regional Public Information Officer Abeer Etefa. -
UNHCR calls for seriously ill Palestinian children in Iraq to be medevaced
29 Jun 2007 The UN refugee agency has issued an urgent plea for the immediate evacuation of at least a dozen seriously ill Palestinians stuck in Baghdad or in a makeshift camp on the Iraqi border with Syria. -
Palestinians stuck on border with Syria in desperate need of help
26 Jun 2007 A UN refugee agency team has found that the situation of more than 1,400 Palestinians who have fled Baghdad and are stranded in camps on the Iraq-Syria border is deteriorating by the day. -
UNHCR concerned about conditions for Palestinians at border camp
15 May 2007 The UN refugee agency is highly concerned about living conditions for hundreds of Palestinians stuck at the Al Waleed refugee camp close to Iraq's border with Syria. The agency is particularly worried about lack of adequate medical facilities. -
Fire sweeps through Al Tanf camp, injures 28 Palestinian refugees
25 Apr 2007 A fire swept through the Al Tanf refugee camp in no-man's land between Syria and Iraq on Tuesday night, leaving 28 Palestinian refugees injured and seven tents destroyed. UNHCR says the camp is too dangerous and the increasingly desperate refugees need to be moved.